If you want to be right in the heart of things in Skopje - so much so that you have a close-up view of the rump of Alexander the Great's... read more horse on the main square from your window - then this place is one of your best choices. Pretty much all of the museums, galleries and other sights you'll want to see in the city [centre] are within an easy stroll of the B&B's front door. We'd booked a Junior Suite with Balcony for our two-night stay in Skopje, so were nonplussed to find ourselves in a room with many beds and no balcony. The confusion was soon sorted out when the lady at Reception explained that a problem with the suite meant it wasn't able to be used at the moment, so they'd offered us a bigger room instead - essentially a free upgrade, albeit without the perk of the balcony. Still, the larger room certainly gave us plenty of space. It would have been a good idea nonetheless to explain the situation as soon as we checked in. We were upgraded to the Superior Quadruple Room, which has a double bed and two singles. There's also quite a lot of shelf space, although only one place to hang things on just three coat-hangers - not a problem for two people, but perhaps a tad limiting if there were four people in the room. A large desk has tea/coffee... If you want to be right in the heart of things in Skopje - so much so that you have a close-up view of the rump of Alexander the Great's horse on the main square from your window - then this place is one of your best choices. Pretty much all of the museums, galleries and other sights you'll want to see in the city [centre] are within an easy stroll of the B&B's front door.
We'd booked a Junior Suite with Balcony for our two-night stay in Skopje, so were nonplussed to find ourselves in a room with many beds and no balcony. The confusion was soon sorted out when the lady at Reception explained that a problem with the suite meant it wasn't able to be used at the moment, so they'd offered us a bigger room instead - essentially a free upgrade, albeit without the perk of the balcony. Still, the larger room certainly gave us plenty of space. It would have been a good idea nonetheless to explain the situation as soon as we checked in.
We were upgraded to the Superior Quadruple Room, which has a double bed and two singles. There's also quite a lot of shelf space, although only one place to hang things on just three coat-hangers - not a problem for two people, but perhaps a tad limiting if there were four people in the room. A large desk has tea/coffee making facilities on it and a minibar next to it, and throughout the room are plentiful and varied forms of lighting. Windows are curtained but also have roller-shutters. There is a safe for guest use, but only a generic code for it which they'll give you at Reception. A key is also offered, but I couldn't see any keyhole to put it in. The lady at Reception said we could change the code if we wanted to, but since she was new she didn't know how and would have to check. We made do with the generic code.
For such a spacious room, the ensuite was a little pokey, but mostly because the door into it and the shower door open in the same direction. Otherwise it was nicely appointed, with the large, stylish sink catching my eye immediately. Plenty of towelling is provided, as well as two bathrobes. The shower was nice, with reliable temperature and water pressure, but the shower door not closing properly made for a sodden bath mat and a hand towel being pressed into service to replace it. The smell from the drains wasn't great, but that's not the hotel's fault.
The bed was comfortable, with good pillows. The only covering was a duvet, which seemed excessive in theory, but with the windows closed at night and the air-conditioning on was fine. Mind you, after several attempts I still couldn't work out how to adjust the air-conditioner, which showed as being stuck on 18° but clearly wasn't; whatever it was set to was OK for a relatively comfortable night.
The shape of the room means the TV at first seems awkwardly placed above the desk, not in direct line of sight of any of the beds, but it has a swing-out arm to point it towards anyone watching. The hotel WiFi is perfectly OK, at least for one or two services. The B&B's information folder is very amateur-looking compared to the image of the rest of the place, more like something a hostel would cobble together, but it's here you'll find the WiFi info. (There were also two copies of the latest issue of Skopje in Your Pocket in there when we stayed, which we didn't need but which other guests will likely find useful.)
Breakfast was in the London Bistro attached to the hotel (or rather vice versa, since it was the bistro which spawned the B&B). The options hotel guests have to select from are more limited than the restaurant's own breakfast menu, with a choice of e.g. traditional Macedonian, full English, muesli & yoghurt or omelette. These are all set meals: there's no buffet, so what you get is what your order. And based on what we had and what we could see others chose, nothing was much more than mediocre. Juice and a hot drink are also offered.
Oh, two other things: keep an eye out for the inventive camouflage for the fire extinguishers; and make sure you close the door to your room properly, both leaving and entering - it's very sensitive and will beep incessantly if you don't. More
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